Senate Health - Human Services
The Senate Health and Human Services Committee advanced two hotly watched bills, sending House Bill 26-1195 barring AI from replacing licensed therapists and House Bill 26-1335 requiring medication abortion access at college health centers to the full Senate with favorable recommendations. The abortion measure drew roughly 50 witnesses and repeated chair interventions to keep testimony respectful.
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“when we have therapy for individuals who are going through a crisis, it should be done by a licensed professional, not by an AI chatbot. And this bill will ensure that that happens while still allowing for our healthcare professionals to be able to utilize AI in an ability that will help them do their job, but leave the therapy to licensed professionals.”
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Sign in to subscribeSenator Mullica, pick up in that sentence. Oh, man. Let me get back. It's a great bill. It's a bill that will protect patients, is a bill that I am proud to be on. I want to thank Representative Ryden for her work on this bill in the House. She's brought a lot of personal expertise to the table through the stakeholding. But this bill is a good bill. And when we have therapy for individuals who are going through a crisis, it should be done by a licensed professional, not by an AI chatbot. And this bill will ensure that that happens while still allowing for our healthcare professionals to be able to utilize AI in an ability that will help them do their job, but leave the therapy to licensed professionals. Are there any questions? All right. Seeing none. Please let the record reflect that Senator Frizzell and Senator Cutter have graced us with their presence. We will move on to the witness phase. All right, let's go to the folks. Veronica Bell in an amend position. If she's here, you can come up. Leanne Rupp is in person. And then online we have Michelle Dawson, Wendy Baxton,…
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